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Thursday, October 24, 2013

PEPPER SPRAY COP AWARDED BIGGER PAYOUT THAN VICTIMS

Mike Krumboltz, Yahoo NewsOctober 25, 2013

Pepper spray cop awarded bigger payout than victims

Former
police Lt. John Pike, who became infamous after cameras captured
footage of him using pepper spray on protestors at the University of
California at Davis, was recently awarded more than $38,000 in workers
compensation from the university for "suffering he experienced after the
incident," SFGate reported.

In the 2011 incident, students were
protesting a tuition hike. Footage of Pike's actions went viral,
resulting in a popular meme, in which people digitally edited photos to
include Pike pepper-spraying things and people.Pike reportedly received more than 17,000 angry emails and 10,000 texts after the incident.After the ensuing outrage, Pike was suspended with pay.Citing
a database of state employee salaries, SFGate reports that Pike earned
$110,243 in 2010. He left the police force in 2012.In a statement
to SFGate regarding Pike's workers compensation, U.C. Davis
spokesperson Andy Fell said, "This case has been resolved in accordance
with state law and processes on workers' compensation. The final
resolution is in line with permanent impairment as calculated by the
state's disability evaluation unit."Last year, U.C. Davis settled
a lawsuit with 21 of the students who were pepper-sprayed during the
protest. Each student received a $30,000 settlement.In discussing
the events, Fox News commentator Megyn Kelly called pepper spray a
"food product, essentially," sparking some to suggest she test her
theory by drinking pepper spray on the air.

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